Daughters Courageous
Daughters Courageous | |
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Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
Screenplay by | Julius J. Epstein Philip G. Epstein |
Based on | Fly Away Home 1935 play by Dorothy Bennett Irving White |
Produced by | Henry Blanke Hal B. Wallis |
Starring | John Garfield Claude Rains Jeffrey Lynn Fay Bainter |
Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
Edited by | Ralph Dawson |
Music by | Max Steiner |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | June 23, 1939 |
Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Daughters Courageous is a 1939 American
Plot
Freewheeling Jim Masters returns home after a 20-year absence, during which he was declared dead, to find that his wife, Nancy, is about to marry Sam Sloane, a stable local man in
Cast
- John Garfield as Gabriel Lopez
- Claude Rains as Jim Masters
- Jeffrey Lynn as Johnny Heming
- Fay Bainter as Nancy Masters
- Donald Crisp as Sam Sloane
- May Robson as Penny
- Frank McHugh as George
- Dick Foran as Eddie Moore
- Priscilla Lane as Buff Masters
- Rosemary Lane as Tinka Masters
- Lola Lane as Linda Masters
- Gale Page as Cora Masters
- George Humbert as Manuel Lopez
- Berton Churchill as Judge Henry Hornsby
'Four Daughters' film series
Daughters Courageous was made as a stand-alone film, and its characters do not appear in any other film. However, it has much in common with the "Four Daughters" film series of that era, with the same director, largely the same cast (including the Lane sisters) and many similarities in subject matter. The series consists of 1938's Four Daughters, the 1939 film Four Wives, and 1941's Four Mothers.
Reception
Home media
Warner Archive released the film on DVD on August 1, 2011. The film was also released by Warner Archive in the "Four Daughters Movie Series Collection".
References
- ^ Nugent, Frank S. (June 24, 1939). "Movie Review – Daughters Courageous". The New York Times. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
- ^ "Film Reviews". Variety. New York: Variety, Inc. June 21, 1939. p. 16.
- ^ "Daughters Courageous". Harrison's Reports. New York: Harrison's Reports, Inc.: 103 July 1, 1939.
- Film Daily. New York: Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc.: 6 June 16, 1939.
- ^ Mosher, John (June 24, 1939). "The Current Cinema". The New Yorker. New York: F-R Publishing Corp. p. 80.